Overview
- The suspected handler, arrested Sunday night in Delhi’s Ghazipur, was produced in court Monday and sent to five days of police custody.
- Officers say they seized Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali and Indian currency along with a Nepali SIM card, prompting a probe into cross‑border communication and funding.
- Investigators identify him as the controller of the module busted on February 22, which tested recruits by putting pro‑Pakistan posters in Delhi and Kolkata and scouting temples and other busy sites with videos sent to handlers in Pakistan.
- Police allege he operated from Bangladesh, recruited Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in India, and set up logistics such as forged IDs, safe houses and an operational base in Kolkata under direction from ISI‑linked handlers.
- Officials cite earlier arrests in 2007 and 2015 and LeT training in Muzaffarabad as context for a wider inquiry now tracing money channels, encrypted communications and possible associate cells in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and beyond.